[Q] Any way to force brightness? - Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Was wondering if anyone has found a way to force the brightness back to normal once the phone hits sub 5% battery.
On my Note2 and S2 i was able to use Root Dim, which was fantastic btw since it comes with a widget to just hit max brightness with one touch. However on the s5 i's a no go. I grant it root access, use the presets or move the slider but the brightness still won't exceed the automatic dim settings.
I use the extended batteries on all my phones, so that last 5% really lasts a long time and the super dim screen just makes the phone range from annoying to unusable.

anyone have any other *bright* ideas?!
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Auto Backlight level

I have noticed that the Automatic control for the backlight on the HD2 works very well. I have never feel like the phone is too dim and only in the darkest rooms do I find it to be a little too bright.
The Auto backlight does not seem to have the ability to get down the the lowest backlight level of the HD2 screen. If I turn off the auto function the screen can get to that "barely on" setting, but on auto the lowest is seems to go is to around 30%, which can be bright in the car at night or reading in bed.
Is there a way to make it so that the automatic backlight control can go all the way to the lowest setting when appropriate?
Have you looked into using 'lumos'? You can find it in the HD2 apps forum section.
I used it before and it should work for you to get the lowest backlight. I stopped using it since I figure 30% is good enough for me in most situations. During my commute, the light sensor gets hit too much and the backlights changes too often so I just turned it off. (I think it may also save me some power as well.)
If I'm reading in the dark I manually set it to 10% and in the morning I set it back to 30%. It's not too often that I will read in the dark so it's not a major issue for me.
I guess along the same lines, is there some app or widget that can be called from the home-screen icons that can control brightness on the fly?
Sense's brightness control is hidden behind far too many presses to make it comfortable to switch quickly. It's a bit annoying when I'm checking my e-mail at work walking under a set of lights, the screen will dim, then brighten, then dim, then... every two steps. Jumping to the menu to change the settings is too cumbersome, something along the lines of two clicks would be much better.
use Lumos
I had the same problem, Lumos works very well in the HD2.

Screen too bright, fix + save battery

Evo screen is brighter than most phones with AUTO light sensor on = more battery drain.
Just found app "screen adjuster". It works along with LIGHT SENSOR. I'm setting it to 50%. So it's half the brightness and you keep the auto sensor on.
https://market.android.com/details?...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5uZXRtYW5zbGFiLnNhIl0.
Going to try it out. I've thought the same thing for a long time. Thanks for the suggestion!
Tried this app out not sure how much battery it would save replacing the brightness with an app constantly running in the background considering it has to run 24/7 to maintain the brightness level I doubt it would save any battery if not kill it faster than the brightness level since 1. Brightness is off when screen is off but this is still running while screen is off and 2. The brightness only goes all the way up when you are in bright light so you can see the screen setting the app at 50% is really pointless since on auto the screen is at 50 - 70% when you are indoors
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@Evil
I think your points are valid, but just wanna throw out that I think the OP is saying the baseline screen brightness is too high. At all levels.
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scottspa74 said:
@Evil
I think your points are valid, but just wanna throw out that I think the OP is saying the baseline screen brightness is too high. At all levels.
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It only sets Max at whatever level u set it to then autos from there, and it runs ~5mb ram constantly so it really doesn't do a whole lot it just sets, as an example, u set it to 80% with the app then on auto ur brightness goes from min to 80% and back to min or in between the two it doesn't dim all levels, and runs constantly so I would say its more trouble than its worth it would be nice if u could just set a lower Max and not need the app running 24/7
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Tried this app out not sure how much battery it would save replacing the brightness with an app constantly running in the background considering it has to run 24/7 to maintain the brightness level I doubt it would save any battery if not kill it faster than the brightness level since 1. Brightness is off when screen is off but this is still running while screen is off and 2. The brightness only goes all the way up when you are in bright light so you can see the screen setting the app at 50% is really pointless since on auto the screen is at 50 - 70% when you are indoors
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There MANY processes constantly running in the background, the OS is smart enough to pause most of these processes when in sleep mode (display off). For example, if you use the light sensor and your phone is off the sensor is not being polled anymore.
Setting 50% means if the brightness is normally at 100 it would be 50, if it was normally 50-70 indoors it would be really be 25-35 with the app.
Or a lower baseline, which I believe is the OPs point. But yes, running an extra ap is an inefficient way to do that.
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mxl180 said:
There MANY processes constantly running in the background, the OS is smart enough to pause most of these processes when in sleep mode (display off). For example, if you use the light sensor and your phone is off the sensor is not being polled anymore.
Setting 50% means if the brightness is normally at 100 it would be 50, if it was normally 50-70 indoors it would be really be 25-35 with the app.
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The app doesn't pause it runs as a notification task killers don't touch it, and it doesn't work the way u think in lower light it will stay at 50% it just prevents the screen from going past where u set it it doesn't change the values of anything in the sensor just stops the screen from going above x% so if ur in a bright room where ur screen would be at 50% and u have it set to 50% it would still be at 50% not 25%, what I'm trying to say is the app doesn't work the way its advertised
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This was on my list of things to be fixed nearly from the start but nobody, especially devs, seemed to care.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716547
Display brightness
Based on experience what are the optimal display settings for the best battery life?
lol 0% is the optimum setting. really, the more its off, the more you save. the less its off, the more you save. its really up to your eyes and what you can tolerate. i just have a widget, at night i flip it to 0, and during the day if i'm out doors and in doors i leave it on auto, and if i'm indoors like at work, i leave it at 25%. what sucks is i don't smoke in my apt, so when i wake up i go outside for a cig and my screen's at 0, and i'm trying to read it in the sunlight to turn it back on lol... buuuuuut, i'm sure my way saves more battery than using an app that is constantly running

Full brightness of note 4. can i achieve that manually without going under sunlight??

full brightness of note 4 can reach upto 750 nits but for that i have to go under direct sun behind my head while using phone. that happens only in the automatic mode sure but is there a way i can achieve that manually ??? sometimes i need more brightness outdoor, real peak brightness only pops when sun is shining directly on the phone .... other than that brightness seems to be moderate .... if i could achieve that manually i would love it to be used under any condition i want
greatgrandking said:
full brightness of note 4 can reach upto 750 nits but for that i have to go under direct sun behind my head while using phone. that happens only in the automatic mode sure but is there a way i can achieve that manually ??? sometimes i need more brightness outdoor, real peak brightness only pops when sun is shining directly on the phone .... other than that brightness seems to be moderate .... if i could achieve that manually i would love it to be used under any condition i want
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Why do you need much brightness ?
I tend to lower it as much as i can for 2 reasons
Battery life
My Eyes (High brightness causes fatigue)
Salim.Keady said:
Why do you need much brightness ?
I tend to lower it as much as i can for 2 reasons
Battery life
My Eyes (High brightness causes fatigue)
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when im outside but sun is not directly hitting the screen. at that point brightness is average .... i want full brightness at that time, the one which i get when sun light is hitting the screen directly
greatgrandking said:
when im outside but sun is not directly hitting the screen. at that point brightness is average .... i want full brightness at that time, the one which i get when sun light is hitting the screen directly
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Well i cant help just telling you that it is not good
Iv been thinking a lot about this as well as im outside all day and a lot of the time i could use more brightness, carrying an extra battery isnt a problem.
I Cant seem to get my full 750 nits of brightness to work at all. Iv tried everything, being in direct sun light the screen stayes the same brightness, which is the full brightness when the phone is set to the highest without it being on auto.
Iv tried puting the phone near very bright lights, yea nothing works. Any suggestions, thanks
edit:nevermind I figured it out, I went all out this time and stuck the phone in front of a giant workroom light, the kind you hang with the prongs, so yea I see the 750 nits now. I have to hold it up directly to it, I dont see how in any real world use the sun could get that bright enough to make any difference. Id like that brightness all the time when im shooting outdoors, we have the ability to change batteries, why not use that feature to its fullest.
Umm turn off auto brightness and adjust the the brightness manually.....
Joey2o11 said:
Umm turn off auto brightness and adjust the the brightness manually.....
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see with the note 4, the manual brightness doesnt go all the way up to the screens capable brightness 750 nits, it has to be on auto brightness, then when its hit by a strong beam of direct light, the full brightness of the screen turns on, 750 nits. Just setting it manually the screen brightness only goes to 350.

Auto-brightness still too low on 4.5.11

Hello guys, I installed 4.5.11, but auto-brightness is very agressive, many times i find it on the lowest setting. Any way to fix this? I just want it a bit higher.
Seems like Oneplus is having everything that saves battery on, from brightness to Doze. As some notifications didn't show untill i opened the app. Usually whatsapp. Personally, instead of 7h of screen on time, i prefer having "just" 6 and everything working good. Just got this phone, 6-7 hours of SOT on a 3300mah battery is insane!
This is very stupid. I have the same problem. I dont know why OnePlus don't make AutoBrightness ajustable like Samsung in Touchwiz for ex...
same with me, when autobrightness in darker room, display is always set to lowest brightness ever. really annoying.
On my side, I really love the way auto brightness behave on my OP5. Too much light is not good for the eyes.
Exactly, the user should be able to set a default level, then auto brightness goes from there.
For those who have sensitive eyes, you can always use night mode. It just block the blue light that is mostly responsible to keep is awake.
When the auto brightness is too low did you go into Settings / Display and move the Adaptive Brightness slider to your desired brightness? I am now in a very dark room and the slider isn't all the way down to the minimum. I can see my screen fine.
jhs39 said:
When the auto brightness is too low did you go into Settings / Display and move the Adaptive Brightness slider to your desired brightness? I am now in a very dark room and the slider isn't all the way down to the minimum. I can see my screen fine.
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Yeah or i do it from the status bar. Still after a while it returns to a lower level. While i already want it on a low level, it's too agressive. I whish i could raise it by 10-20%.
Yeah, that slider doesn't adjust the adaptive brightness level like it would on a Nexus or Pixel device. It remains as a standard brightness level instead
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Well, we could install xposed to fix the brightness. But then i don't know i want to install all of that just for brightness.

Automatic Brightness too low

Automatic brightness enabled on my new OP6T. It constantly goes too dim, where I have to slide it up some to see the screen better.
Unlocking the phone an hour later, in same low light setting, the screen has auto dimmed itself too low again.
Anyone else feel it goes too dim on its own? Or have a solution for me?
A maximum dimness setting would be nice. Not sure if that exists though.
I'm with you 100% it keeps defaulting back to a brightness that's way to low for the environment have to constantly raise it manually. A minimum brightness setting between certain hours would be great.
I wonder if something like that can be done in tasker, keep automatic brightness on, but set the minimum to 25% or so during certain hours.
mkurzum said:
I'm with you 100% it keeps defaulting back to a brightness that's way to low for the environment have to constantly raise it manually. A minimum brightness setting between certain hours would be great.
I wonder if something like that can be done in tasker, keep automatic brightness on, but set the minimum to 25% or so during certain hours.
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This exactly!
It's generally really low. The worst is in the dark, it's almost unseeable, unless you manually adjust it.
Phone has great battery life I just crank it 100% outdoors and 75% indoors.
I agree with what others have stated but that's why the battery life is good...I'll drain it to appease my eyeballs.
Does lux work?
+1
hopefully can be fixed with an update...
My phone was like this for the first day or two. After that it's been just fine.
I don't know if it fixed itself, or I've just gotten used to it. I'm thinking the first because it was really dark.
I have observed this on different phones. So I suppose this is an android issue. The brightness goes too low than its supposed to or it will keep adjusting. I've tried lux auto brightness on other phones, it works perfectly. But due to lack of updates I've stopped using it lately. Custom ROMs seem to handles auto brightness very well. I've tried Cyanogen and Resurrection remix on moto x play and Honor 8 pro, auto brightness was never a bother on them. Which was not the case with the OS they came installed with.
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I've compared this yo my pixel 3xl and in low light situations its noticeably darker. After a few days I'm already used to it.
The smart adaptive brightness adjusts to your usage over time, once you manually raise it afew times in various situations it will adapt to this. Mine was dim to begin with but after 2 days it's fine.
dadoc04 said:
+1
hopefully can be fixed with an update...
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LUX works after enable it in usage access. Settings>apps&notification>special apps access>usage access.

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